Miss Teen USA Pageant Queen Dead at 18 After Florida Car Crash
A Florida community is mourning the loss of an accomplished young woman.
Kadance Fredericksen, the winner of Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA 2024 pageant and a delegate in Miss Florida Teen USA 2024, died following a traffic collision in Florida, her family confirmed to WKRG. She was 18.
The teenager’s sedan reportedly collided head-on with a tractor-trailer at around 1:30 p.m. in Santa Rosa County, Fla., on Feb. 17. The 56-year-old man who drove the opposite vehicle sustained minor injuries, WKRG News 5 reported, citing a Florida Highway Patrol crash report.
E! News has reached out to local authorities regarding Kadance’s death but has not yet heard back.
Following news of her passing, Kadance’s family informed WKRG that she had been accepted into nine universities and had ambitions to be a veterinarian. They added that she was “absolutely perfect,” and that the Baker High School student had “the whole world at the palm of her hands.”
The Miss Florida USA also shared condolences for the sudden loss of the high school student.
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